Ezio Gamba
Ezio Gamba (born 2 December 1958) is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympic Games (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988). Gamba claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (–71 kg) in 1980 by defeating Great Britain's Neil Adams.
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| Born | 2 December 1958 Brescia, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –71 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | C.S. Carabinieri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | (1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | (1979, 1983) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | (1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography edit
Four years later in Los Angeles, California, Gamba won the silver medal in the same weight division, after being defeated by South Korea's Ahn Byeong-Keun in the final.
He is the current trainer of the Russian National Judo team.[1] In 2013, for his great contribution to the development of sports in the Russian Federation Gamba was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.[2]
In early January 2016, he was granted Russian citizenship by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.[3]
International medals edit
- Gold
- 82 European Championships (71 kg) - Rostock, Germany
- 80 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
- 80 Dutch Open (71 kg) – Den Haag, Holland*
- Silver
- 88 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France, defeating G. Gevechanov from Bulgaria
- 84 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 83 World Championships (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia
- 83 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France
- 79 World Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France
- 79 European Championships (71 kg) - Brussels, Belgium
- 78 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Miskolc, Hungary
- 77 Jr. European Championships (71 kg) – Berlin, Germany
- 76 Jr. World Championships (78 kg) - Madrid, Spain
- Bronze
- 86 European Championships (71 kg) – Belgrade, Yugoslavia
References edit
- ^ Главным тренером мужской сборной России по дзюдо стал итальянец
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 1 июня 2013 года № 525 «О награждении орденом Дружбы иностранных граждан» 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Путин вручил главному тренеру сборной России по дзюдо Гамбе паспорт РФ". РИА Новости.
External links edit
- Ezio Gamba at the International Judo Federation
- Ezio Gamba at JudoInside.com
- Ezio Gamba at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Ezio Gamba at Olympics.com
- Ezio Gamba at Olympedia
- Ezio Gamba at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ezio Gamba at The-Sports.org
- at RealJudo.net (archived)